inSonic2015 aims to create a platform for bringing together composers, researchers, artists as well as teachers and students who are interested in spatial audio, sound art and multichannel approaches in media.

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inSonic2015

inSonic2015 aims to create a platform for bringing together composers, researchers, artists as well as teachers and students who are interested in spatial audio, sound art and multichannel approaches in media.

The main focus of inSonic2015 is a critical reflection on aesthetic concepts of spatial audio in sound, music and sound-art.

inSonic2015 is hosted by ZKM and HfG and is part of Globale 2015.

There will be two conference and symposium days combined with concerts and installations.
The main event is enhanced by a program of workshops, demonstrations and tutorials taking place in the preceding days.

inSonic2015 is organized in the framework of the BWS plus-Project „Studynetwork Space-Media-Sound“.
BWS plus is part of the Baden-Württemberg-STIPENDIUM for university students, a program of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.

Call for Participation

inSonic-2015 calls for academic and non academic works and contributions, which will be reviewed by panels.

We invite submission in the following categories:

Papers and Posters

Compositions and Performances

Installations

Workshops and Tutorials/Demonstrations

Call for Papers and Posters

Written contributions should focus on aesthetic and musical aspects of:

sounding objects in space

motion and gesture in space

application of novel spatialsation techniques for composition, music and improvisation

interaction and control of sound and media in space

benefits of spatial audio for electronic and acoustic sound and music

developments in space simulating techniques such as wave field synthesis (WFS), high order ambisonics (HOA) and combined systems

non conventional speakers setups and diffusion techniques

Excellent papers will be selected for subsequent publication in a peer-reviewed journal. These papers will be expanded versions of the presented works, and will go through the journal's standard peer review process.

Templates for paper and poster proposals wil be available on the submission site.

Venues

Equipped with 47 Meyersound loudspeakers arranged in a hemispheric setup ZKM_Klangdom is the ideal space for concerts of spatial music. With this unique speaker instrument complex polyphonic surround sound movements can be performed realistically and perceived from every place in the concert room. This plasticity of sound in space can be controlled by the specially developed control software
Zirkonium.

Wave Field Synthesis (WFS) is a sound reproduction technique that goes well beyond the limits of conventional systems in terms of reproduction fidelity in a wide listening zone. WFS aims at reproducing or synthesizing the true physical attributes of a sound field over an extended area of the listening room.
For inSonic2015 a WFS array of 128 Amadeus PMX-5 ES loudspeakers from IRCAM Paris will be installed in Karlsruhe.

The Morning Line is a large outdoor sculpture conceived by Matthew Ritchie and commissioned by Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Foundation (TBA-21). This Sound Pavillion shaped in an open fractal based structure is equipped with 46 loudspeakers and 12 subwoofers. The central control unit of The Morning Line is driven by a special software designed by Tony Myatt. InSonic2015 will feature a selection of compositions interacting with this unique environment for spatial audio.

HfG Lichthöfe (atriums) at the center of the University of Media Arts and Design offer a large space for installations and concerts in the course of inSonic2015. With the possibility of installing custom type or even totally unusual speaker setups this place provides numerous oppurtunities for the exploration of the aesthetic potential of sound in space.

Submission

instructions for submission:

scientific (papers and posters):

Please go through the main submission process. The submission ID which you will receive along with your password will allow you to make future changes to the submission. For your submission please download and use one of following templates:

First go through the main submission process on our website and submit basic information (contact, basic project description). The submission ID which you will receive along with your password will allow you to upload a ZIP-folder including your submission content and the submission form.

Then go back to submission (Home) and upload the ZIP-folder including all the submission content to complete submission.
Please note: Maximum upload size is restricted to 499MB. For submitting content of a larger file size than 499MB please use the respective field in the music submission form PDF to provide a download URL of your submission content.

Artists can submit several projects in one or more categories. Each project must be submitted separately.

registration for workshops for contributors and public:

Please note that most of the workshops can only accommodate a certain maximum number of participants.
You can attend as many workshops as you like but please send for each person a separate email.
We advice you to register as soon as possible to avoid complications.

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